Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in recent days.

Donald Trump Jr. says conversations like the one his father had in 2005 where he boasted about forcing himself on women and grabbing their genitals are "a fact of life."

An envelope with a white powdery substance was found at Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters Friday night in Brooklyn, police told CNN.

Hillary Clinton's campaign has added more staffers to their operation in traditionally red Utah, a source with knowledge of the moves tells CNN.

A super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is airing a new attack ad warning voters to not elect the Democrat in the event Hillary Clinton becomes the next president.

It's been almost a quarter century since George H.W. Bush left the White House, but perhaps his most lasting legacy lives on at the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas.

With an aging air fleet and a shrinking navy working overtime around the globe, US military officials say the world's most powerful fighting force is at an "inflection point" and needs a serious makeover if it wants to maintain that status now and into the future.

Donald Trump will lay out his plans for the first 100 days of his presidency in a speech Saturday that the Republican nominee's senior campaign aides are billing as his "closing argument" in the presidential race.

Donald Trump on Friday questioned whether a retired general who admitted in federal court this week that he lied to the FBI actually lied to the FBI, just the latest instance in which the Republican nominee has cast doubt on a key US institution.

Harriett Freedman doesn't just sense the once reliably Republican state of Arizona is now a battleground. The 67-year-old grandmother and lifelong Democrat sees it in its ground game.

Apparently the Clinton camp didn't get all their jokes in on Thursday night.

Donald Trump's campaign manager expressed disappointment Friday over a New Hampshire Senate ad that all but says Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States.

Trump's surrogates deliberately misrepresent the reason for Bush v. Gore when they liken it to Trump's threat to dispute 2016 election outcome and plunge country into chaos.

Former chess champion Garry Kasparov told CNN's Jake Tapper Friday he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is "absolutely" trying to bend the US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.

A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday ordered the detention of Harold Martin III, the former government contractor accused of stealing a vast amount of sensitive intelligence information.

Curt Schilling threw CNN's Jake Tapper a curveball Friday when he asked why many Jews support the Democratic Party.

Hillary Clinton launched what is expected to be a whirlwind, final stretch of her 2016 campaign on Friday by taking a victory lap in the battleground state of Ohio.

Vice President Joe Biden didn't pull any punches Friday when he appeared to suggest he wants to fight Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying he wished he could take Trump "behind the gym."

Donald Trump has attempted to discredit the women who emerged in recent weeks to make sexual assault allegations against him in part by accusing them of them of seeking "free fame."

Actor and comedian Bill Murray surprised the White House press corps Friday by making an unexpected appearance in the White House briefing room.

Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, finally broke her long silence about the "Bridgegate" scandal that virtually paralyzed a small town whose mayor was a political rival of the New Jersey governor.

Utah isn't supposed to be a swing state.

Louisiana has said "nyet" to a Russian request to send its diplomats to monitor polling stations on Election Day, according to a letter from a state official provided to CNN.

He's claimed the US presidential election is "rigged" and refused to confirm if he will accept the result if he's beaten -- but has anyone else dared to tread the same path as Donald Trump?

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS Decatur, sailed through the South China Sea on Friday in a freedom of navigation operation intended to send a blunt message to China.

Days after a tense debate where the two leading presidential candidates did not even shake hands, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came together Thursday night to pray, Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan said Friday.

Donald Trump on Friday accused his rival Hillary Clinton of engaging in "pay for play" for accepting an invitation to speak at a Clinton Global Initiative event in Morocco in exchange for a $12 million donation pledge to the Clinton Foundation from that country's king.

Before he endorsed Hillary Clinton's campaign, all was not well with Al Gore, her aides said in newly released emails hacked from her campaign chairman.

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said in a radio interview Friday that voter fraud is not likely to change the presidential election outcome, despite Donald Trump's insinuation that could be the case.

An emotional Khizr Khan asks Donald Trump in a new Clinton campaign ad whether his son, a US solider who was killed in Iraq in 2004, would "have a place in your America?"

Hillary Clinton posted a letter on Instagram from former President George H.W. Bush to her husband welcoming former President Bill Clinton to the White House, amid increased questions about whether Donald Trump will accept the results of a November election.

Republican Rep. Brian Babin on Thursday defended Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton "a nasty woman" at the final presidential debate, saying "sometimes a lady needs to be told when she's being nasty."

A fresh set of polling out Friday showed Donald Trump continues to face a difficult path to winning the White House in key states -- including being deadlocked in a reliably Republican Southern state.

Al Smith V, whose family hosts the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York, said Friday that Donald Trump "crossed the line and took it a little too far" with some of his remarks at this year's charity gala.

Donald Trump was ashamed -- contrite even -- as he spoke to Paula White hours after the video of him bragging about groping women was released.

For supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, many are asking themselves this fall, "Are you selling out if you support Hillary Clinton?"

Almost twice as many Israelis prefer Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump, bucking the recent trend of Republican presidential candidates winning more support than Democrats, according to a new poll.

There are hints of good news for Hillary Clinton in key battleground states as millions of Americans vote early, according to a CNN analysis of the latest early voting statistics.

No one would confuse Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for happy warriors.

Social media gets a bad rap.

Twenty-one days to Election Day, the eve of the final presidential debate, and once again I felt like I was choosing between being a bad mom or a bad reporter.

A key GOP interest group is set to run a new television ad calling on New Hampshire voters to re-elect their Republican senator as a check and balance for the White House.

Donald Trump in September spent more than twice what he had in any month prior, parting with $70 million just before his campaign hit its rockiest patch yet, which has unnerved a significant amount of donors, including Sheldon Adelson.

A new poll of the New Hampshire Senate race finds Democratic nominee Maggie Hassan, the state's governor, taking a strong lead against sitting Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

Donald Trump stands front stage in a classroom prepared to deliver a book report on a literary classic.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were under the same roof again, less than a day after the heated final presidential debate on Wednesday.

The executive director of North Carolina's Republican Party on Thursday subtly rebuked the party's standard-bearer, Donald Trump, over his repeated refusals to accept the results of the election.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's surprise announcement of a military and economic "separation" from the US during a visit to Beijing Thursday left the Obama administration scrambling, as it raised questions about the US role in the region and threatened a realignment of US relationships in Asia.

A new campaign ad comparing Donald Trump to Hugo Chavez isn't sitting well with Venezuela's government.

The conservative Republican congressman who led the charge to oust former Speaker John Boehner is now agitating for the removal of his replacement.

President Barack Obama admonished Donald Trump Thursday, saying the Republican nominee's claims that he might not accept the results of next month's election are "not a joking matter."

From all the media hype, you'd expect these three men (who live in battleground state Ohio) to cuss each other out or start a WWE-worthy slugfest. Heck, Clinton and Trump didn't even shake hands before or after the final debate. But these guys in Ohio are buddies.

The Twitterverse was aflame in the hours after Wednesday night's debate with questions about whether or not Hillary Clinton divulged classified information about the country's nuclear arsenal.

Correspondences with Barack Obama's over his personal account before he was president are among John Podesta's emails in the latest document dump hack published by WikiLeaks on Thursday.

Donald Trump continued to cast doubt on the legitimacy of a potential Hillary Clinton victory on Election Day, telling those gathered at a rally Thursday he will accept the results of next month's election if he wins.

A former government contractor who's charged with stealing thousands of classified and sensitive intelligence files committed "breathtaking" crimes, according to a new filing from federal prosecutors.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wouldn't even shake hands on the debate stage Wednesday night.

Under fire for recent troubling comments about women, Donald Trump is being defended by a woman who claims to know him very well: his daughter-in-law.

Donald Trump offered a glib assurance Thursday that he would respect the general election outcome, saying he would abide by the results -- dramatic pause -- "if I win."

Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC enjoyed its best month of the campaign in September, a spokesman said Thursday.

In a 1988 interview with CNN at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Trump showed more deference for the American political process, calling it "a beautiful thing."

Not long ago, there was a degree of grace and civility to politics. In this toxic presidential campaign those elements have vanished. And it was plain for all to see in the third and final debate Wednesday night.

Legal experts call it the worst-case scenario: The day after the election arrives and the outcome turns on a dispute in one state.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a virtual tie in the battleground state of Ohio, according to a Suffolk University poll released Thursday.

A US service member has been killed in northern Iraq, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

John McCain, the failed 2008 Republican nominee, has some advice for Donald Trump.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday that he will accept the results of the general election next month -- if he wins.

Hillary Clinton is turning to some familiar names to spur turnout weeks before the election, enlisting celebrities like Miley Cyrus, John Legend and Katy Perry to rally voters in swing states.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is defending Donald Trump's refusal at Wednesday's presidential debate to say he'd automatically accept the results of the election.

A federal judge in Virginia agreed Thursday to grant voters until Friday to register to vote in the upcoming election.

CNN contributor Ana Navarro didn't take too kindly to Donald Trump's controversial "bad hombres" line at the final presidential debate.

Top House Republican leaders held a conference call Wednesday to ask colleagues to pitch in money for the final sprint to Election Day as they see the political dynamic shifting across the country.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's claim the presidential election is rigged is reminiscent of a fascist.

Donald Trump's campaign manager on Thursday dismissed suggestions the Republican nominee is undercutting American democracy by refusing to say whether he will accept the results of the election if he loses.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Wednesday night that he might not accept the results of the November 8 presidential election -- and that he would "look at it at the time."

From the rowdy Republican primaries right into the general election buzzsaw, the 2016 campaign has been an elephant graveyard for political convention.

As Donald Trump decries a "rigged" electoral process in the face of his sliding state and national poll numbers, the most interesting question now might be whether he is trying to win the election or get a good return on his investment, according to Bloomberg Politics' co-managing editor John Heilemann.

Donald Trump claimed Wednesday night that Hillary Clinton would allow abortions so late doctors could "rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby."

Donald Trump used the third and final presidential debate to dig himself into a deeper hole that only increases the threat to his presidential prospects.

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, some Georgia residents living along the coast were unable to register to vote before the deadline. However, a federal judge won't order officials to extend the deadline given that it could throw a "sizable wrench" in the state's efforts to get ready for the upcoming presidential election.

In the last third of the final debate, Donald Trump refused to say he'd accept the election's results and called Hillary Clinton "such a nasty woman."

A former New Jersey Port Authority official took the stand this week, refuting allegations that he continuously lied about his involvement in the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013 as an act of political retribution for a mayor who declined to endorse Gov. Chris Christie's re-election.

With the election weeks away, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump got into it one last time in their final presidential debate.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off one final time in a prime-time debate Wednesday night before voters go to the polls next month.

In the final moments of the final presidential debate, Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton was "such a nasty woman" while she was answering a question about how she would raise taxes on the rich to tackle debt and entitlements if she were to become president.

Note: If you want a legitimate recap of our debate coverage, please look back at our live blog. It's got everything you need to know about the candidates' debates on abortion, immigration, foreign policy, him calling her a "nasty woman," not pledging to respect the election outcome and her saying he'd be Putin's "puppet."

CNN contributor Van Jones offered his assessment of Wednesday's third presidential debate, doing so in colorful fashion.

Donald Trump's eldest son said Wednesday night that his father's unlikely pursuit of the presidency represented a "step down" from the Republican nominee's business career.

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, abruptly ended an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on Wednesday night just as the correspondent sought to further question Trump's remark during the final presidential debate that he would "keep you in suspense" on whether he would concede if he lost the election.

Republicans were quick to condemn comments from their party's nominee, when Donald Trump refused to say he'd accept the outcome of the presidential election.

Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton at the final presidential debate Wednesday of being responsible for getting the women who alleged sexual misconduct against the Republican nominee to come forward.

With just under three weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Wednesday night for their third and final presidential debate.

Hillary Clinton won the final presidential debate 52% to 39% for Donald Trump, according to a CNN / ORC poll of debate watchers.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that Iraqi forces have launched a major, months-long offensive on an ISIS stronghold to help his rival win the US presidency.

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Donald Trump would be a "puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, if the Republican presidential nominee were elected to the White House.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are meeting Wednesday for their final debate, and CNN's Reality Check Team is spending the night analyzing their claims.

Donald Trump dished some Spanish Wednesday during the third and final presidential debate.

Former New York City Major Rudy Giuliani and billionaire Mark Cuban offered a heated preview of Wednesday's final presidential debate, arguing about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

Hillary Clinton's campaign considered and rejected 84* potential slogans before landing on the now-familiar "Stronger Together," according to a hacked email posted Wednesday by WikiLeaks.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie agreed to his first court appearance in response to the Citizen Criminal Complaint filed in relation to the 2013 lane closures of the George Washington Bridge, according to court documents released Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton holds a double digit lead -- 15 points -- on Donald Trump in New Hampshire, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Livestream, live updates and analysis from the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on October 19, 2016, in Las Vegas at the University of Nevada. Watch here and on CNN at 9 p.m. ET.

Donald Trump's campaign is quietly debuting six new television ads as it sprints to get the candidate's message on air in the last three weeks of the campaign.

Donald Trump has attacked Hillary Clinton for her performance as the U.S. Senator from New York, calling her two terms a "disaster" during the second presidential debate.

You aren't imagining things -- this campaign season has been hell on earth.

The man behind the charge to get the United Kingdom to leave the EU said Donald Trump should focus on the core issues affecting the American people during his final debate instead of the lurid accounts dominating the race in recent days.

Photos from the final days on the campaign trail for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Ivanka Trump called her father's lewd and sexually aggressive comments caught on a leaked 2005 "Access Hollywood" hot mic "crude" at an event Wednesday.

This was inevitable. This collision of two notable, and objectionable, moments from the Donald Trump campaign: a wall and taco trucks.

Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman believes Donald Trump's current scorched-earth strategy is the cause of his plummeting poll numbers.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Wednesday Donald Trump's claim that the presidential election is rigged is "silly."

A member of the US military and a civilian were killed Wednesday during an attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the US Department of Defense reported.

Donald Trump is in his weakest political position of the entire presidential campaign.

Elizabeth Warren resumed her role as Donald Trump's chief antagonist on Wednesday, firing off a series of tweets blasting the Republican presidential nominee's recent claims that the election is "rigged."

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appeared to rule out a 2020 presidential run during a radio interview on Wednesday.

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said Wednesday that she does not believe there will be widespread voter fraud this election cycle despite Trump's claims otherwise.

Celia Vargas fled civil war-torn El Salvador and crossed the Mexican border into the United States in the back of a truck in 1981.

A new poll shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with a solid lead in the traditional Republican stronghold of Arizona, yet another sign of Donald Trump's shrinking path to the nomination.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio broke from many in his party when he said Wednesday that Republicans shouldn't discuss the Hillary Clinton campaign emails published by WikiLeaks, a number of which have created bad optics and real headaches for the Democratic ticket.

We looked back at the 25 primary and general election debates so you didn't have to.

A civil rights group filed a lawsuit late Tuesday night in federal court after receiving reports that Virginia's online voter registration system crashed on the last day of the registration deadline.

Billing it as his own "October surprise," the provocative filmmaker Michael Moore is looking to influence another presidential campaign on the silver screen.

A new national poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 9 points heading into the third and final presidential debate.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton meet in Las Vegas Wednesday for one last throw of the dice.

The Obama administration is accusing Russia of hacking US political organizations. States are reporting attempts -- in one case successful -- to breach voter registration databases. And the final days of the campaign are dominated by talk of whether the race is "rigged."

Donald Trump returns to Nevada Wednesday for the final presidential debate in a state that is critical to his path to the White House -- and one where he has remained tied with Hillary Clinton despite all the turmoil rocking his campaign.

The future of the Supreme Court hangs on the next election, but will the issue come up during Wednesday's debate?

For Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it's time to begin the closing arguments.

First Lady Michelle Obama tore into Donald Trump in Arizona on Thursday, part of Hillary Clinton's effort to turn the reliably red state blue.

Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night questioned Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on why the Republican nominee continues to struggle in the polls -- despite the litany of flaws the Trump campaign and surrogates claim Hillary Clinton has.

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson said that Donald Trump is wrong when he claims the election is "rigged" and defended his "Aleppo moment" affirming he wasn't high when he blanked on the Syrian city.

A Democratic operative whose organization was helping Hillary Clinton's campaign announced Tuesday that he would be "stepping back" from the campaign after an edited video suggested that he and other staffers hired people to attend Donald Trump's campaign rallies and incite violence.

"Donald Trump can't read this, but he's afraid of it anyway."

A top Donald Trump adviser said Tuesday whoever loses the election needs to give a concession speech that will "help bring America back together."

Ecuador's Foreign Ministry published a statement on Tuesday saying it "exercised its right" to "temporarily restrict access to some of (WikiLeaks') private communications network within its Embassy in the United Kingdom."

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded Tuesday to a resurfaced report from 2006 that Donald Trump called her a "bitch" in a speech, telling CNN's KFile in an email that she "can't wait until November 9!"

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid characterized the spate of allegations of sexual assault as a sign of Donald Trump's "sickness" -- and floated that the Republican presidential nominee may have committed crimes.

Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania and former Democratic National Committee chairman, said in a radio interview on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton "absolutely" has a tendency to come off as smug, which she should fight in Wednesday's debate.

Indiana State Police are investigating irregularities in voter registration Tuesday after the secretary of state's office reported suspicious changes in thousands of voter registration records and suggested the possibility of voter fraud.

A former head of the CIA said Tuesday that Russian hacking of US political groups is intended to "mess with our heads" and shake confidence in the American electoral system -- rather than influence the outcome on Election Day.

In three weeks, voters will put the 2016 presidential campaign out of its misery.

Hillary Clinton is narrowing in on Donald Trump's lead in Texas, according to a new poll released on Tuesday.

Donald Trump has decided that he doesn't believe polls anymore.

The council of a small Pennsylvania town voted unanimously Monday to accept the resignation of the mayor after he posted racist images depicting the first family.

Donald Trump called Tuesday for limiting the number of terms members of Congress can serve, a proposal he argued would help Washington run more effectively.

Ed Rollins, the chair of the pro-Donald Trump Great America PAC, said Tuesday it will take a miracle for the Republican nominee to win the election.

Donald Trump told CNN's Chris Cuomo in March that if he loses the presidency, he "will go off into the wild blue yonder."

Mike Pence on Tuesday afternoon visited the North Carolina Republican office that was firebombed and vandalized over the weekend, an act that he declared "political terrorism."

Hillary Clinton will be joined at Wednesday's debate by two well-known billionaires who are backing her campaign, an attempt to rattle Republican nominee Donald Trump by subtly questioning his own net worth.

A closed-door speech to Morgan Stanley in 2013, revealed in hacked emails posted by WikiLeaks, could stoke new questions for Hillary Clinton Wednesday night about whether she truly believes in the fiscal sustainability of the promises she is making on the campaign trail.

Democrats have expanded their voter registration leads in Florida, Nevada and Colorado, providing a boost for Hillary Clinton in those key battleground states.

Ivanka Trump says her father's lewd and sexually aggressive comments from a leaked 2005 Access Hollywood video were "clearly inappropriate and offensive."

This week's WikiLeaks publication of stolen emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta reveals some inner turmoil about negative campaigning against Democratic primary opponents -- and it seems to be Bill and Hillary Clinton themselves who are on the nastier side of the debate.

Norway may soon host a rotational force of US Marines -- a move that could send a chill down Russian President Vladimir Putin's spine.

Hillary Clinton holds a comfortable lead in Nevada, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

The principal of Melania Trump's old primary school knows juvenile behavior when she sees it. And she has some advice for the candidate who once described his own campaign as "a little childish."

When Hurricane Matthew struck the United States this month, the deadly storm forced massive evacuations near the end of voter registration for the upcoming presidential election.

President Barack Obama sharply disputed Donald Trump's claim that the US election system is rigged, saying the Republican presidential nominee should "stop whining."

President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the attack to root out ISIS underway in Mosul, Iraq, would ultimately be successful but acknowledged it would be a tough battle.

For the first time in the general election, Donald Trump is set to outspend Hillary Clinton on TV ads this week.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will meet in Las Vegas for a third and final debate Wednesday, less than three weeks before Election Day. Take a look at the paths that led them to this point.

Thirty musicians from around the nation have joined forces to release thirty songs protesting Donald Trump — one on each day of the last month before the November 8 election.

Priorities USA, Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC, will begin airing an ad this week that compares Donald Trump's rhetoric with the "hate" that led to the 1998 killing of Matthew Shepard.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage claimed Tuesday that elections in his state and in the US as a whole couldn't be considered legitimate until voter ID laws are passed.

Rep. Renee Ellmers said Tuesday that although North Carolina is often viewed as solidly conservative, the southern state is more "purple" than many realize.

Sen. Marco Rubio is flatly rejecting Donald Trump's claims the election is being "rigged" against the Republican presidential nominee.

Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that Donald Trump "is out there doing something very dangerous," as he described the Republican presidential nominee's controversial political rhetoric.

As the campaign lurches into its final three weeks, Donald Trump has turned up the rhetoric, attacking his opponent, Hillary Clinton, the news media covering the campaign and, most controversially, the process used to select the next president.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has a new strategy to deal with Donald Trump: Ignore him.

Donald Trump is playing with fire.

Meet the new Donald Trump, same as the old Donald Trump.

The emails hacked from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta have offered an insight into the inner workings of the famously guarded candidate's operation.

President Barack Obama has chosen to bestow his final state dinner upon a young, progressive leader who he hopes can help secure his agenda in Europe long after leaving the Oval Office.

National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director Andrea Bozek says targeting millennial voters involves reaching young people on social media but also by highlighting the issues that matter to them.

Bill and Chelsea Clinton headlined a fundraiser on Monday in New York City with dozens of Broadway legends and comedians, many of whom roundly mocked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

It's happening: the final presidential debate.

Donald Trump took his outrage over what he deems a "rigged system" a step further on Monday and called for a series of ethics reforms aimed at tackling corruption in Washington, including tighter restrictions on members of Congress and White House officials taking on jobs as lobbyists.

While the Pentagon emphasizes Iraqi forces are leading the charge into Mosul, it is clear US troops will be heavily involved in the efforts to wrest the city back from ISIS.

The former vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff pled guilty in federal court Monday, admitting he lied to the FBI when questioned about whether he provided two journalists with top secret information in 2012.

Like his father, Donald Trump Jr. has a history of engaging in controversial conversations with radio shock-jocks, a review of his appearances on various programs by CNN's KFile reveals.

Juanita Broaddrick, the woman who has accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her decades ago while he was the attorney general of Arkansas, said Monday that she has not read about the women accusing Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.

Donald Trump wants to hit the ground running with Russia.

Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Monday that should the Republican presidential nominee lose he would accept the results of the election only if there was no "overwhelming evidence" of fraud.

After spending 14 years in Guantanamo Bay, the first inmate to publish an account of his time in the US detention center has been released.

No one can speak for Donald Trump -- not even his running mate, Mike Pence.

On Monday night, Mario Batali will be sitting awake at his hotel in Washington worrying about cold pasta.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest had a sharp response when asked about Donald Trump's suggestion the presidential candidates take drug tests ahead of Wednesday's debate.

Melania Trump sat with CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday for an interview that will air at 8 p.m. ET .

Sen. Tim Kaine got some Hammer Time Sunday evening.

The FBI is denying that any "quid pro quo" was offered in a fight between the bureau and State Department over the classification level of an email on Hillary Clinton's private server after new documents were released Monday from the agency's investigation.

After seeing reports last week that his campaign was pulling out of Virginia, Donald Trump picked up the phone and called his Virginia state director Mike Rubino to deliver a very clear message: he will not withdraw, and will give Rubino whatever resources needed to win the Old Dominion.

Rep. Joe Heck gave his most extensive assessment of his decision to dump Donald Trump at a closed-door fundraiser last week, saying Republicans had "cut a lot of slack" to his party's presidential nominee for months but that he had become too toxic now amid an undisciplined and unfocused campaign.

A federal judge blasted Florida officials Sunday night, calling a provision of state law that rejects some vote-by-mail ballots "obscene" disenfranchisement and directing officials to take steps to fix how some of those ballots are processed in the battleground state.

Across three critical battleground states, the race for president remains tight, according to new CNN/ORC polls in Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio.

Republican Sen. John McCain said on Monday that he wasn't sure if Donald Trump would be a better president for appointing Supreme Court justices than Hillary Clinton.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Donald Trump supporter, sought to reassure voters in his state Monday that the November 8 election process would be fair, despite Trump's claims to the contrary.

South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan on Monday praised Wikileaks in a series of early-morning tweets.

To Hillary Clinton's campaign, Donald Trump is no more than the political version of Biff Tannen from "Back to the Future," Mick from "Teen Wolf "and Regina George from "Mean Girls."

New York Rep. Peter King said on Monday that the presidential election is not rigged, despite Donald Trump's claims.

A new poll of Virginia shows Hillary Clinton with a big 15-point lead over Donald Trump in a state that just a few years ago was considered one of the more competitive battlegrounds.

Hillary Clinton's campaign, hoping to force Donald Trump to spend time and resources in a reliably red state, is making a play for Arizona.

The White House announced Monday the highest US high school graduation rate on record at 83.2% in the 2014-2015 school year, although significant disparities still exist between groups of students.

Iowa Rep. Steve King on Monday defended Donald Trump's repeated claim that the electoral system is rigged.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders appeared together Sunday at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Denver, and tore into Donald Trump as they pressed Clinton's case to college students.

As Planned Parenthood turns 100, the presidential race is spotlighting the often-controversial and conflicted role of the women's health organization in American politics.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by eight points among likely voters, according to the most recent CNN Poll of Polls, released Monday.

Muslim Americans say the 2016 campaign is a more difficult time than the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Democrats are replicating the fundamentals of the massive and powerful network assembled by GOP billionaires Charles and David Koch.

The Republican Party will not win the presidency unless it embraces a broader policy agenda that resonates beyond the older, predominately white voters that make up a large but shrinking core of the party's base of support, according to one of the leading observers of American politics today.

Arizona Democrats will ask a federal appeals court on Monday to put on hold a state law that criminalizes the practice of ballot collection, arguing that the law could disenfranchise thousands of voters -- particularly in minority communities -- that rely upon neighbors and activists to collect and hand deliver early ballots.

No matter which party wins the White House in November, attention could quickly turn to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue if the Senate finds itself in unusual -- but not unprecedented -- territory.

The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a televised statement early Monday.

Here's a round-up of this week's whoppers from the campaign trail:

A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed overnight, with a swastika and the words "Nazi Republicans get out of town or else" spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials.

The Arizona Republic's editorial board knew it was wading into controversy last month when it endorsed a Democrat for president -- the first time it had done so in its 126-year history.

Comedian Bill Maher declared Sunday that Donald Trump voters live in a "fact-free bubble" and that he feared what they might do if their candidate loses on November 8.

Donald Trump proclaimed Saturday that if elected, the US would be "best friends" with India, a comment that could cause consternation in Pakistan.

Mike Pence broke from his running mate Donald Trump Sunday in acknowledging that US intelligence indicates Russia is behind the hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman's emails.

The Clinton campaign's debate about expanding the electoral map, a Donald Trump investment hint and GOP concerns about the "Trump Effect" on key Senate races: It's all part of our "Inside Politics" forecast.

Rep. Renee Ellmers on Sunday called the accusations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump "a she said, he said situation."

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine made campaign history Sunday morning as the first presidential ticket candidate to deliver a speech entirely in Spanish during a Spanish-language church service.

Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters -- but two new polls diverge on the size of her lead.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi attacked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Sunday saying "he's always projecting" his own political problems onto Hillary Clinton.

Top Donald Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that Democrats could steal an close election by having dead people vote in inner cities.

Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that he believes Donald Trump's denial of the claims by nine different women who have accused him of sexual misconduct within the last week.

Donald Trump thinks that even "Saturday Night Live" is part of a media conspiracy to bring down his presidential candidacy.

Peter Thiel is putting his money where his mouth is.

Republicans have complained about media bias for decades. But Donald Trump, whose attacks on the press are escalating, is staking out a position much more extreme than his predecessors.

Take a look at the week in politics from October 9 through October 15.

Last week, Donald Trump's campaign was upended by the release of a 2005 tape in which he bragged about being able to grope women and get away with it.

The US Navy officially welcomed its largest and most technologically advanced destroyer to the fleet Saturday as the USS Zumwalt was commissioned in Baltimore.

The Navy destroyer USS Mason, operating in the Red Sea, has again been fired upon by missiles from what the US believes are Houthi rebels operating from positions in Yemen.

One week after calling on Donald Trump to step aside as the Republican nominee, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado now says he will vote for him on Election Day, according to audio obtained by CNN's KFile.

After Juanita Broadrrick tweeted in January that former President Bill Clinton raped her, Clinton's attorney, David Kendall, and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, held a call to talk about the case and evidence that could be used to refute the allegations, according to hacked emails released by WikiLeaks.

Another woman stepped forward Saturday to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, saying he kissed her without her consent at his estate in Florida.

WikiLeaks released Saturday what appear to be transcripts of Hillary Clinton's three paid speeches to financial heavyweight Goldman Sachs.

Donald Trump's campaign announced Saturday that it is cutting ties with the Republican Party chairman in the critical battleground state of Ohio less than a month before the election.

A former Miss USA contestant alleges that Donald Trump kissed her on the lips without her consent on separate occasions, adding her to the list of people who have accused the GOP nominee of sexual assault in recent days.

Donald Trump cut his routine $2 million monthly check to his campaign last September after repeatedly suggesting that he would increase his donations during the campaign's stretch run.

If you take Donald Trump at his word, making America great again is going to be quite a chore.

Donald Trump suggested Saturday that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has been "getting pumped up" with performance-enhancing drugs and challenged Clinton to take a drug test before the final debate next week.

Donald Trump's campaign on Saturday sought donations by repeating his threat to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton over her email practices at the State Department.

Hillary Clinton made California her campaign's ATM over the last 18 months: headlining 71 fundraisers in the Golden State as a candidate in 2015 and 2016 and raising over $100 million, a CNN analysis shows.

Arianne Zucker, the actress who was the subject of lewd remarks made by Donald Trump during a 2005 "Access Hollywood" shoot, said Friday that the tape's release has caused pain for her family.

Sen. Ron Johnson, suddenly surging in a re-election race where had been assumed all but dead by national Republicans, offered Friday what could be a closing message for Republicans nationwide: I am a check on Hillary Clinton.

A photographer and former model on Friday accused Donald Trump of reaching up her skirt without permission at a crowded New York City nightclub.

Donald Trump earlier this week said the "shackles" have been taken off his campaign -- and on Friday, he cast aside one of the foremost symbols of a disciplined campaign: his teleprompters.

North Carolina is extending its voter registration deadline in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

A hacked email published by WikiLeaks this week shows that Democratic strategists -- including top political allies of Hillary Clinton -- were gauging voter attitudes about the Muslim faith of Barack Obama's father during Clinton's unsuccessful fight for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

As Donald Trump faces mounting accusations of sexual misconduct this week, the most important woman in his inner circle, his wife Melania, has been silent.

Donald Trump said Friday he "wasn't impressed" when Hillary Clinton walked by him at the presidential debate on Sunday.

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Hillary Clinton commented on a series of sexual assault allegations leveled against Donald Trump on Friday when she told supporters in Seattle that the "the disturbing stories keep coming."

Donald Trump's campaign advisers want him to focus on the issues, but the Republican nominee is continuing to talk about the allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct that have been leveled against him this week.

A protester at a Donald Trump rally on Friday was shoved and put in a headlock by supporters of the Republican nominee.

The US firing of missiles into Yemeni territory just changed the rules in the tangled web of who is fighting whom in the Middle East.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said on Friday she was "inappropriately dismissive and harsh" in a recent interview when she said she thought it was "really dumb" for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and others to refuse to stand for the national anthem.

House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a closing argument Friday about the stakes of the election -- without ever mentioning the Donald Trump-dominated slugfest consuming the Republican Party.

Listening to the audio tape last week of Donald Trump telling a chortling interviewer he employed his fame as an excuse to assault women, First Lady Michelle Obama grew incensed. And so, with a campaign speech scheduled for the following week in New Hampshire, sources said the first lady set to work redrafting her usual stump script for Hillary Clinton into what could be one of the most effective

Another woman is accusing Donald Trump this week of groping her without her consent, alleging in an interview that Trump slid his fingers under her skirt and touched her vagina through her underwear.

A new poll finds Donald Trump now facing a tight race in running mate Mike Pence's home state of Indiana, adding to a growing list of red states now in play this election cycle.

Donald Trump Jr. once suggested women who can't handle workplace sexual harassment should become kindergarten teachers.

Facing a seemingly endless presidential campaign, marked by a viciousness and vulgarity not seen in either of his own election contests, President Barack Obama has boiled his incredulity down to one phrase.

Seven labor groups have joined forces with a Democratic super PAC trying to pool their party's field programs, an effort that the group claims has now raised $60 million.

The Atlantic politics reporter Molly Ball said the worst case scenario for Donald Trump's campaign would be running a "salted-earth campaign."

Former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis said Hillary Clinton would be in a tighter race if she were running against a more mainstream Republican.

An Army general and his staff were the first to respond to a deadly collision between a car and Metrobus in southeast Washington.

When Mike Pence was asked to respond to an 11-year-old girl's questions about body image and female objectification, the Republican vice presidential nominee responded by talking about foreign policy.

A federal judge criticized Wisconsin officials for failing to comply with a court order regarding the state's Voter ID law, but he declined a request to suspend the ID requirement for the upcoming election.

Suburban moms, first-time voters and well-educated women are taking to Twitter to explain exactly why they want Donald Trump to be the next president.

Utah Republican State Sen. Dan Thatcher sees the 2016 election in dire terms.

Mike Pence said he "absolutely" believes Donald Trump's denials of sexual assault allegations, telling Friday morning news shows to "stay tuned" for information that he says will debunk the charges.

Bill Clinton's past sexual improprieties shouldn't matter in this year's election, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired Friday.

Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers said Friday that the first lady's passionate speech Thursday condemning sexual misconduct allegations against Donald Trump is "the real Michelle Obama."

Even Donald Trump was able to predict more than a decade ago that he'd be a lightning rod for controversy were he to ever run for president, according to newly resurfaced video.

Hillary Clinton shimmied her way through an interview on "Ellen" Thursday, breaking out her signature move from the first presidential debate and recounting how it played out during that contest.

When Corinne Fisher was dumped in a Panera bread by her then-love of her life, she had an idea.

Donald Trump's star has entered the supernova phase of this cosmically weird campaign season.

Donald Trump cast himself in almost messianic terms Thursday in Florida, describing the presidential race as "a struggle for the survival of our nation" and vowing to win the White House despite all the "slings and arrows" being hurled in his direction.

Democrats could pick up the Senate majority this November -- thanks to Donald Trump voters in Missouri.

Hours after the US struck three radar installations in Yemen in response to attempted attacks on a US Navy destroyer, Pentagon officials made clear they'll hit back again if needed and Iran moved its own warships into nearby waters.

A former Miss USA contestant says Donald Trump personally inspected each woman prior to the contest to the point where it was "the dirtiest I felt in my entire life."

President Barack Obama railed Thursday against Republicans who have withdrawn their support for Donald Trump only after his vulgar boasts about grabbing women, saying the last year of insulting statements from the GOP nominee should have prompted them never to support Trump in the first place.

Donald Trump on Thursday offered up his most detailed prescriptions yet to address the student debt crisis, proposing an income-based cap on student loan payments and an ambitious student loan forgiveness program.

Donald Trump may get the raucous crowds, but where his daughter is hitting the trail is speaking volumes: the Philadelphia suburbs.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign is pulling resources out of battleground Virginia, effectively ceding the state to Hillary Clinton and stunning staff members who have been working in the commonwealth, according to a GOP operative.

Attorneys for Hillary Clinton submitted written answers Thursday to a series of questions about her private email server, put to her by the conservative legal watchdog group Judicial Watch as part of an ongoing lawsuit.

A new national poll from Fox News found Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 7 percentage points among likely voters.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are scrambling to protect Republican majorities in Congress from being wiped out by the backlash following a string of women alleging that Donald Trump sexually assaulted them.

The 2016 election season, to put it kindly, has been a dumpster fire.

Hillary Clinton's campaign has a response to Donald Trump's top aides suggesting that they will depressing turnout by going negative: You're too late.

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., head of the world's largest evangelical campus, said Donald Trump told him he has email evidence proving women making accusations of touching them inappropriately and without consent are lying.

Hillary Clinton is so over this election, she sometimes wants to turn off the TV, unplug the internet and "just look at cat GIFs."

Not only has Michelle Obama delivered two of the best speeches supporting Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, she also provided the Democratic nominee's campaign its unofficial slogan.

A woman who is alleging Donald Trump made unwanted sexual advances to her back in the 1980s told CNN Thursday the Republican presidential nominee touched her "wherever he could find a landing spot."

Vice President Joe Biden in Nevada Thursday reiterated his claims that Donald Trump's remarks on a recently released tape are the "textbook definition of sexual assault" but added the remarks are consistent with the other ways Trump has "abused power."

Donald Trump issued an apocalyptic call-to-arms to his supporters Thursday as he battled for political survival amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct.

Catholic and evangelical groups slammed Hillary Clinton's campaign in a statement Thursday over comments revealed in the WikiLeaks emails hack between two high-level campaign officials.

Hillary Clinton's Wikipedia page was hacked Thursday to display a pornographic picture and "a reminder" that voting for Clinton means "nuclear war will be inevitable."

Donald Trump on Thursday adamantly denied claims he forced himself on a People Magazine journalist more than a decade ago, responding to her accusation of sexual assault by saying, "Look at her ... I don't think so."

Former House speaker and outspoken Donald Trump supporter Newt Gingrich on Thursday dismissed new sexual assault allegations against the GOP nominee, calling them "30-year-old gossip."

The FBI is currently developing a national database as part of the Department of Justice's efforts to gather nationwide data on interactions between law enforcement and civilians, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday.

Moments before her father accepted his party's nomination, Ivanka Trump appeared on the stage in Cleveland, defending him as "colorblind and gender neutral," imploring would-be supporters to judge Donald Trump "by his results."

Dr. Carla Hayden made history in September when she was sworn in as the first African-American and female librarian of Congress.

Donald Trump on Thursday slammed "vicious" reports that he had allegedly groped women, saying they were were "pure fiction," "outright lies" and promised to provide evidence to prove they were untrue.

Donald Trump Jr. defended his father on Thursday following a New York Times report on Wednesday night wherein two women alleged that Trump groped them.

First lady Michelle Obama delivered Thursday an impassioned denunciation of Donald Trump, calling the recently unearthed comments by the Republican presidential nominee "shocking" and "demeaning," and below "basic standards of human decency."

A criminal summons will be issued against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after a municipal court judge determined probable cause at a hearing Thursday regarding a citizen complaint related to the 2013 lane closures to the George Washington Bridge, according to a court spokesperson.

Donald Trump has reached his moment of reckoning -- and it is hard to imagine how his campaign will regain its footing with just 26 days to Election Day.

Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson explained Wednesday why she does not believe Jessica Leeds' story reported by the New York Times that Donald Trump touched her inappropriately during a first class flight more than 30 years ago.

A trio of state polls released this week show Hillary Clinton's northern "blue wall" holding, as she carries commanding leads across a series of key Rust Belt states.

Maureen Dowd, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, has spent much of her career roiling Washington with her rapier take on politicians of both parties.

Barbara Res worked for Donald Trump for 18 years as a construction executive, and asked Thursday if she believed the allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against him, she was frank.

Hillary Clinton's communications director Jennifer Palmieri dismissed backlash around an off-color email she sent about Catholic Republicans in 2011, noting that she is Catholic and that she doesn't "recognize that email."

There will be plenty of discussion on the fresh sexual harassment allegations against Donald Trump, but don't expect any contributions from Anne Holton.

Students at the largest Christian university in the world are protesting their president's support of Donald Trump, saying that the Republican presidential nominee "is actively promoting the very things that we as Christians ought to oppose."

There is mounting evidence that the Russian government is supplying WikiLeaks with hacked emails pertaining to the US presidential election, US officials familiar with the investigation have told CNN.

Three US strikes hit radar sites in Yemen on Wednesday night, the Pentagon said, after the USS Mason was targeted by missiles this week in the Red Sea.

Donald Trump is now campaigning in his own reality.

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. suggested he would vote for Donald Trump even if new allegations of the nominee inappropriately touching women are true.

Americans have expressed deep misgivings about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton throughout the course of the presidential race. This week, their distaste is showing up in their search behavior.

One hundred days before he leaves the Oval Office, President Barack Obama is showing few signs of fading into the White House woodwork.

Donald Trump once dismissed concerns over female teachers having sex with underage male students, saying in a clip that the boys were "going around bragging about it."

John Podesta's Twitter account was hacked on Wednesday, according to a campaign spokesman, prompting the campaign to inform the social media site of the breach.

At a rally this week in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump pulled what he said was this nugget from hacked excerpts of a speech that Hillary Clinton had given to Wall Street bankers.

Donald Trump threatened to sue The New York Times for publishing a bombshell report in which two women claimed the former real estate magnate had touched them inappropriately, according to the Times.

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Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway complained Wednesday his remarks about how Hillary Clinton "has to go to jail" are being taken "literally."

Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's campaign manager, dodged questions Wednesday about inappropriate behavior at beauty pageants.

A new ad from the Trump campaign called "Corruption" contains a bevy of explosive charges.

Anne Holton, Tim Kaine's wife, isn't eyeing the Senate seat her husband would leave empty if he wins the vice presidency.

Hillary Clinton told voters Wednesday that she can't believe Donald Trump has the "gall" to run for president demeaning the United States while paying little to no federal income taxes.

Donald Trump boasted Wednesday that his fans are tougher than concussed NFL stars after a woman passed out in the heat of an airport rally -- but made it back for the end of his speech.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage said in a radio interview Wednesday that when Hillary Clinton opens her mouth, "people die."

President Obama joined a chorus of those warning of the potential downsides of artificial intelligence.

In an effort to gin up interest in his newly revamped "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2008, Donald Trump entertained a controversial idea: bringing on O.J. Simpson as a contestant.

Donald Trump said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton "has to go to jail" because the scandal over her email server was one of the most "heinous" episodes in the history of US Justice.

Donald Trump has a new target: "Crooked polls."

Presidential battleground North Carolina's voter registration deadline is two days away -- but much of the state's east coast still flooded and grappling with Hurricane Matthew's fallout.

Federal investigators believe Russian hackers were behind cyberattacks on a contractor for Florida's election system that may have exposed the personal data of Florida voters, according to US officials briefed on the probe.

A longtime GOP strategist threw his support behind Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- something he has "never done before."

On four separate instances in 2011, Donald Trump took swipes at former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's Mormon faith during a spat between the two, according to a CNN review of Trump's public statements at the time.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that President Barack Obama is a dictator.

Donald Trump is leading in Missouri, despite finding himself at the center of a controversy that has upended the presidential race in other states, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Highlights from the latest Wikileaks release of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's hacked emails.

Speaker Paul Ryan is facing backlash from House Republicans over his flap with Donald Trump — and his own job may be on the line.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in Utah, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.

New York Rep. Peter King said on Tuesday that he thinks backlash from Donald Trump's supporters to Republicans withdrawing their support for the GOP nominee could cause a "civil war" within the party.

A federal judge has extended voter registration in the battleground state of Florida for one week, until Tuesday, October 18.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said Wednesday President Barack Obama's criticism of Donald Trump's lewd comments "speaks for everyone."

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov says he thinks Donald Trump is bad for America and the world at large. But for Russia, Kasparov calls the Republican presidential nominee a "perfect counterpart."

Since the beginning of his candidacy Donald Trump has polarized voters and shocked pundits and politicians as he continued his rise to the top of the Republican Party.

Miley Cyrus was feeling the Bern, but now she's all in for Hillary Clinton.

President Barack Obama has vowed to be a regular presence on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton, but he took the opportunity at a rally Tuesday to settle a different issue: whether he smells like sulfur -- as in, like a demon.

Republican Rep. Trent Franks on Tuesday compared Donald Trump's lewd 2005 comments about women to Hillary Clinton's pro-choice policies.

Donald Trump's campaign manager Tuesday defended the campaign's strategy of highlighting Bill Clinton's past sex scandals.

It's not a new Cold War. It's not even a deep chill. It's an outright conflict.

Donald Trump is tearing the Grand Old Party apart.

Eric Trump on Tuesday chalked up his father's 2005 hot mic comments to "two alpha guys in a thing," but added that the remarks were "totally unacceptable."

Donald Trump on Tuesday denied trying to intimidate Hillary Clinton during their debate Sunday night by encroaching into her space on stage.

An "unshackled" Donald Trump makes Hillary Clinton's top aides happy, but it does come with concerns, they said Tuesday.

Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold struggled Tuesday to identify the line Donald Trump would have to cross before he lost his support, saying he'd "consider" pulling it when posed with a hypothetical scenario in which Trump said he liked raping women. Farenthold later apologized.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that he doesn't "want" or "care" about having House Speaker Paul Ryan's support in an interview in which he repeatedly trashed the House speaker, virtually unprompted.

During the second presidential debate, Donald Trump responded to revelations that he made derogatory remarks about women with a full-throated charge that Hillary Clinton had attacked women who had accused her husband of sexual assault over the past four-plus decades.

How did the text of a CNN-TV One town hall question about the death penalty end up in the hands of the Clinton campaign ahead of time?

Donald Trump's once cool relationship with the Republican Party has turned ice cold.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence dissuaded a female supporter Tuesday from starting a revolution in the wake of a Hillary Clinton victory in a passionate exchange here in Iowa during a town hall.

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up three consolidated cases concerning a civil rights lawsuit filed in 2002 against high-ranking federal officials -- including former Attorney General John Ashcroft -- by non-citizens who were arrested for immigration violations after 9/11.

With just a month to go before the election, Hillary Clinton detailed a new proposal to help limit the burden of child care costs for lower and middle income families.

Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, campaigning Tuesday in Miami, used Gore's electoral history to convince Florida voters that every vote counts.

The military offensive against ISIS underway in Mosul, Iraq, has been a long time in the making.

The White House said Tuesday it would respond to Russian hacking of US political groups, after publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for the cyberattacks last week.

Donald Trump's campaign is blasting Hillary Clinton Tuesday after WikiLeaks posted a hacked email that purports to show Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon discussing communication with the Justice Department regarding a FOIA lawsuit in 2015.

Sam Clovis, the co-chair for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said on Tuesday that Trump's 2005 comments about forcing himself on women came before he "revitalized" his Christian faith.

Hillary Clinton mistakenly called South Carolina lawmaker Jim Clyburn the highest-ranking African-American in government Tuesday.

Russia has filed a complaint with the United Nations over comments by a top UN official condemning Donald Trump and right-wing European politicians, two diplomats knowledgeable about the matter told CNN.

King said on Tuesday that an effort led by House Speaker Paul Ryan to focus Republican attention away from the presidential race could cause the establishment wing of the GOP to be "amputated out."

Beyoncé became part of the 2016 election dialogue on Monday night, and the "BeyHive" swarmed.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on a conference call Tuesday that if the election were held today, Democrats would regain control of the House of Representatives, according to two Democrats who participated in the call.

Ben Carson said Tuesday "of course" he's heard similar language from other people along the lines of the recently surfaced lewd and sexually aggressive comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

When boxing star Mike Tyson was convicted of rape in February 1992, Donald Trump called the verdict a "travesty" in an interview with Howard Stern and said it was actually Tyson who was the subject of physical advances from women.

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with a case concerning racial bias in jury deliberations, as the justices considered the case of a juror in Colorado who urged other jurors to find a man guilty "because he's Mexican and Mexicans take whatever they want."

President Barack Obama found the tape of Donald Trump's sexually aggressive remarks "repugnant," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday.

Former Republican congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann denied Tuesday that GOP in-fighting over Donald Trump had escalated into a full-blown civil war.

A new television ad from Donald Trump's campaign raises questions about Hillary Clinton's health, once again elevating fringe conspiracy theories to the forefront of the presidential race.

More states and local election boards have asked the Department of Homeland Security to help with cybersecurity, the department announced Monday night.

Faced with two presidential candidates he considers unacceptable, Sen. John McCain is thinking of throwing his support behind one of his best pals

Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump with support from Latino voters, according to a new poll out Tuesday.

Paul LePage stood by Donald Trump in a radio interview on Tuesday, saying that the United States might need someone like Trump to show "authoritarian power."

Conservative political commentator and media personality Glenn Beck said the election of Hillary Clinton as president by refusing to support Donald Trump is "a moral, ethical choice" for Republicans.

New Jersey governor and Donald Trump transition chief Chris Christie said Tuesday he would not defend the Republican presidential nominee's 2005 lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women, but said "at this point" he supported the Republican nominee's bid for the presidency.

Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that the "shackles" had been removed from him, freeing the Republican nominee to campaign the way he chooses, following several days where his words and actions have thrown the GOP into chaos.

"We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America's story in space," writes the President, "sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth.

The Gold Star father who criticized Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention this summer said Tuesday the Republican presidential nominee mentioning his slain son's name on the debate stage made him sad all over again.

President Barack Obama has his eyes on the stars -- or more accurately -- a planet.

Don't expect Rep. Steve King to join the growing contingent of Republicans who are abandoning Donald Trump.

Former Republican Attorney General Michael Mukasey has been one of the most vocal critics of Hillary Clinton over her email use, but he says Donald Trump's threat to possibly jail her "is something that we don't do here."

For me, education has never been simply a policy issue -- it's personal.

With less than a month until election day, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has yet to sign on to his signature pledge to never raise taxes.

Many Republicans aren't happy with how the primary process shook out in 2016; Donald Trump is their presidential candidate and his campaign has hit some speed bumps.

US officials are urging calm between Turkey and Iraq to keep the flaring tensions between the two key American allies from jeopardizing the fight against ISIS.

More than 450,000 Americans had locked in their votes for president before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met on stage for a contentious debate Sunday night, and even before the revelation of a video where Trump can be heard making sexually aggressive and lewd remarks about women, according to early vote returns from across the United States.